The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12
STUDYING BABIES.
That's What the womcn's Archaeological
society HIS Set out 90 DO.

From TIC omaha Herald
Little Dorothy Whitney asleep In her per-
ambuator n June roso clutchcd fnst IN one
fpt little hand suggests curious question este ,b 70
i9anI herself famous rolling rfo@nfSsftably
S s1gSSTbs 81 he shhay Taf Rnsf
Cabinet baby having her brain investigated,
and are the hterdha an 81 to
lin cop aceurately written downl The mental
status OF tho infant IN arms is the latest sub
and tho hold tho study has taken in Washing;
ton, and tho number OF senators wives ana
Hoir a M%nSn possibly scientific from that
is becoming II live ono In New York also, and
:, Physically considered his royal highness.
the ruler Of the households aches and Iains
haSf IN the pss speafns cd
Jonathan Edwards blackened tho urchin's
character to the best OF his ability. when he
fathers But the actual contents OF the baby's
brain is the unknown algebraic Ky which a san
guine generation aspires to write down In
good Arabic figures as an established fact Of
Tho Women's Anthropol lo Society, yhSSso
washington. and which has taken the matter
yyiigorogsly in hand, counts Mrs Teller Mrs s,;
Florence Spoiford among it's active members.
Baby Cameron nov fine Lively LITTLE gr Is
one OF tho chpltal cnliaren WHOSE notn9fs nayo
people. In New York Dr: Eiizabeth STOW
Brown of the infant asyH who has has some
Is i'HF reco i ding their development Marion
Harlands, grandchildrsn. the three little
fShe O Her4se IL mrs careful satss
kept Of them, 50 1t Is, said, as data for child
growth Nine. Emma Nevada's eight months
70 furnish an interesting subject for the study
with whom similar pains arc taken, Dean
haehel BodleS Is interssting the p students OF
tRs Me SaSs GoeGe M phap M
some zeal, and families in Oregon and Colorado
arc known to DO actively enlisted; dozen or
society, and some Boston mothers are ready to
lend toit the sanction OF the Hub.
mcrcie $50" Of the Anthropoiosicai Society iinds
them not al. all cruel 1t can still suck, its
thumb and dig its fist into its eyes and kick OF
conseioIsness a The society. which has been
obout STEERING ON more actiyS stage Of It's ex
istence, wishes to obtain the cooperation of as
many mothers throughout the country as pos
ord books has done for it. SYSTEMATICALLY what
every .youngster which meets with any well
come in this world has done for It in some de-
health food. weight &C., are observed. and Its
mental DEVELOPMENT is noted week by week as
It might not 6e u bad idea to exclude, for q
time. at least all first borns from the record.
precedentIy preeoeloas, given to, saying pa
pa" at the age Of two weeks: and OF no yalH glue
those intellectual marvels left out OF account.
the proteg6 of the anthropologists will have
jotted down for II its earliest manifestations Of
wee tot step by step and stage by stage. from
the moment 1t first turns It's wandering uncer
tain Eaze to the light through the days when
their grasp and those other days when 1t goes
on exploring expeditions and finds its toes, as
lumbus, begins to recognize faces. to creep. to
walk, and graduates out Of babyho o' into
tained are to be embodied in, yearly reports
from as many sources AS possible: and ii the
number of people Interested be large enough.
be obtained. it is thought. which promises q
more Intelligent knowledge Of babyhood and
istics and mental processes: into hereditary
tendencies and better foundation for the be-
record book to be- kept for the benefit of all
tho small protegds of tho society. will be issued
some time this month, giving full directions
Sight %e These BOOKS be iept
In duplicate by the parents-one set to be for
tho oeors Of The 10
partial list Of the preliminary questions to
BE- which have been BY
is to be designated II the parents object, to
fore its birth: the child's bodily pecuiiarities.
including any hereditary, characteristics or
mother Marks its weight naked, tho color
good natured or fretful; the age at which 1t
first showed consciousness OF any sort. as sen;
the prick of a pin or followed a light with its
eyes; when 1t first sat alone, crept, walked {;
the age at which it first spoke and what it said,
sleep In twenty -four: its babyish ailments, II
any,. For an Older child the age at which 1t en-
tered school, the character Of its exercise. its
plays and .playthings; any artistic capacity;
the state of its memory, retentive or not.
ne height Il 10 pc Sod Gy Sani
and feet. and measuring the distance between.
For child the height is taken with, bare feet
standing against the wall. with light book
across the head. Sight is tested by reading
types Of given sizes at given distances; hear
watch can BIO heard; knowledge Of colors by
skeins Of worsted.